School football: Nantucket harpoons first victory

NANTUCKET — Chris Welch found Jordan Ferreira for two touchdown passes Saturday to lead the Nantucket High School football team past Old Colony 19-8 for its first victory of the season.

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NANTUCKET — Chris Welch found Jordan Ferreira for two touchdown passes yesterday to lead the Nantucket High School football team past Old Colony 19-8 for its first victory of the season.

After a rough start to the campaign, the Whalers improve to 1-5 overall and 1-2 in the Mayflower Small.

Junior tailback Hunter Day had 35 carries for 179 yards, including a 6-yard scoring run in the first quarter. Josh Butler's extra point made it 7-0.

But the Cougars (2-5, 1-4) answered quickly, as Ryan Milwood ran a kickoff back 74 yards for the score, then rushed in the 2-point conversion to make it 8-7.

Ferreira gave Nantucket some breathing room in the second quarter, scoring on 9- and 57-yard passes from Welch. Welch went 8-for-12 for 144 yards and was intercepted once, and Ferreira had three catches for 72 yards.

Led by linebacker Tomas Smaliorius, the Whalers stalled the Cougars on a critical goal-line stand set up after Old Colony recovered a fumble on a punt return and took over from the Nantucket 6.

The Whalers had 356 yards of offense to the Cougars' 68.

HANOVER — Josh Paulson's 60-yard punt return in the third quarter sealed the Vineyarders' Mayflower League Small victory.

Martha's Vineyard's first score came in the second quarter on a 30-yard field goal by Zach Coutinho.

Mike McCarthy found Paulson in the end zone as time expired in the second quarter for a 4-yard score, giving the Vineyarders a 10-0 lead.

Martha's Vineyard improves to 6-2 overall and 1-2 in the Mayflower Small, and South Shore Voke falls to 5-3 overall and 1-1 in the Mayflower Small.

McCarthy was 11-for-14 through the air for 110 yards, and Paulson led the running game with 65 yards on eight carries.

BARNSTABLE POSTPONED TO TODAY: The Red Raiders' Old Colony League matchup with Taunton was postponed to today because of yesterday's inclement weather.

Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at Bristol-Plymouth High in Taunton, as renovations have pushed the Tigers off their home field. Both teams are in search of their second victory of the season.

FALMOUTH — David Martinho scored on a 2-yard run with less than 5 minutes to go, and a defensive stop helped the Clippers to their second straight victory.

Falmouth improved to 2-5 overall and in the Atlantic Coast League and will head to undefeated Dennis-Yarmouth next Friday. The Panthers fell to 4-4 overall and 3-3 in the ACL.

The Clippers' Terrence Dineen scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter to narrow the deficit to 29-22.

Quarterback Tyler Mansfield scored on an 8-yard run, and Andrew Vitagliano's 2-point rush made it 21-16 before halftime.

Martinho got Falmouth going with a 75-yard kickoff return in the opening quarter.

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